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thistlelike

thistlelike adjective: having the form or characteristics of a thistle.

Adjective

thistlelike (comparative more thistlelike, superlative most thistlelike)

  1. Having the form or characteristics of a thistle
    • The thistlelike leaves of artichokes glowed silver.2009 June 12, Dwight Garner, “Living Off the Land, Surrounded by Asphalt”, in New York Times

Forms of thistlelike

comparativemore thistlelike
superlativemost thistlelike

Origin of thistlelike

From thistle + -like.

Questions about thistlelike

What does thistlelike mean?
Thistlelike means having the form or characteristics of a thistle.
What part of speech is thistlelike?
Thistlelike is an adjective.

Words near thistlelike in the dictionary

  1. thistled
  2. thistledown
  3. thistledowns
  4. thistlefinch
  5. thistlefinches
  6. thistlelike
  7. thistles
  8. thistletail
  9. thistletails
  10. Thistlethwaite
  11. Thistlethwaite's algorithm

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